Photos: Zooming in over London

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31 January 2008

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This is an aerial view of St Stephen's Tower -- Big Ben's home at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster -- on 192.com's new Super Zoom application.

The business listing company has launched a high resolution aerial photography service that covers the majority of central London.

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This may look like the side of a spaceship but it's actually Sir Norman Foster's Swiss Re tower -- dubbed the "Gherkin" -- in the City of London.

According to 192.com, the image quality of Super Zoom is three times better than Google Maps or Microsoft Live Maps.

The height from which you can view places across London is the equivalent of looking down from a 10-storey building.

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Here's Her Majesty the Queen's London residence, Buckingham Palace.

The Super Zoom covers 280 square miles of London from the western side of Hyde Park to the Queen Elizabeth Bridge in the East. It also extends from Stoke Newington in the North down to Crystal Palace.

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You can even see into the individual pods of the London Eye on the south bank of the Thames near Waterloo station.

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This photo shows the grandstand seats and part of the pitch at the Oval cricket ground in South London.

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People can walk across the Thames on the Millennium Bridge -- another one of Norman Foster's creations -- near the Tate Modern museum.

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The instantly recognisable dome of Sir Christopher Wren's St Paul's Cathedral.

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Nelson's Column casts its shadow across Trafalgar Square.

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This is one of the sluice gate towers at the Thames flood barrier, just east of Central London.

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One of the famous twin towers of Tower Bridge. The ornate detailing of the late Victorian masterpiece is clear to see.

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The gothic red-brick tower of the newly reopened St Pancras station.

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People (and their shadows) feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square.

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This shows a rooftop swimming pool near Covent Garden.

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The Thames lifeboat moored at its base on the Victoria Embankment.

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The futuristic City Hall south of Tower Bridge where London mayor Ken Livingstone spends his working week.

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This is the Angel statue near Angel Islington in North London.

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